tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post6687675422183872614..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Should we 'denormalise' sport?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-4953587634642998462011-08-17T11:55:52.343+01:002011-08-17T11:55:52.343+01:00Malcolm McDonald - aka SuperMac - once remarked on...Malcolm McDonald - aka SuperMac - once remarked on radio that 50% of footballers retire with premature arthritis. He said he couldn't play golf any more due to his own arthritis.<br /><br />If what he said has any truth to it, then there aren't just the occasional injuries which land footballers in hospital, but long term disabilities for people who are only aged about 30 when they leave the sport.<br /><br />But hey, never mind all that. Sport is 'healthy'. People running and jumping is the very definition of health. And the more they do it, the healthier they are.Frank Davishttp://cfrankdavis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com